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<p><b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:Raleway;color:#25334F">Spring Online Learning Opportunities</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:#6D6E71">RUSA is pleased to announce <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MTc/index.html" target="_blank">
spring 2017 online learning</a> opportunities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="color:red">LAST CHANCE! </span></strong><strong>4/24/17 [eCourse]
<a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/onlinece/talking-technology" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">"Talking Technology: An Experiential Tour of Library Technology"</span></a> </strong><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">The Library Tech Project is a six-week asynchronous online course, designed to give librarians direct exposure to different types of library-related technology that they may have heard about
but have not had the opportunity to use. The emphasis is on experiential learning, where participants handle different devices to see what they do and how they work.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#6D6E71;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<strong>4/25/17 [Webinar]<a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/onlinece/situated-learning" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal"> "Situated Learning in the Library: Using Reference Services to Extend Teaching and Learning"</span></a></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Participants in this workshop will engage in discussion about Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger’s work with the theory of situated learning, its emphasis on social exchanges for providing a context
for learning, and how this applies to reference interactions in the library.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#6D6E71;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<strong>4/27/17 [Webinar] <a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/onlinece/beyond-ancestry" target="_blank">
<span style="font-weight:normal">"Beyond Ancestry: Genealogical Resources All Researchers Need to Know"</span></a></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Ancestry is often the first resource that genealogy researchers use, but then where should they go? After briefly covering the differences between the library edition of Ancestry and a personal
subscription, we discuss the newly renovated HeritageQuest Online.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="color:#333333">MAY</span></strong> <o:p></o:p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";background:#E9E9E9">5/1/17 [eCourse] </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#58595B"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MjI/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">Marketing
the 21st Century Library</span></a></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#58595B;background:#E9E9E9"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;background:#E9E9E9">This workshop, highlights the overall importance of using marketing and promotions to increase awareness of library services to attract users while enhancing
and promoting the profession so that it is viable in the 21st Century. Are we truly a dying profession? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#6D6E71;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<strong>5/4/17 [BRASS Webinar Series 3 of 3] <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MjM/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">"Data in Libraries Data processing and Visualization"</span><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></a></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Library patrons now need not only help finding facts and figures, but help with turning that raw data into analysis and presentation. This webinar will describe and discuss
data services for libraries, with a particular focus on the data visualization techniques and tools that are transforming how we analyze and understand our world.</span>
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<strong>5/16/17 [Webinar] <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MjQ/index.html" target="_blank">
<span style="font-weight:normal">"Health Reference and You: Guidelines, Best Practices and Strategies"</span><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></a></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Answering health and medical reference questions can be challenging. This webinar will present the guidelines, highlight some of these practices, and introduce a new “Quick
Start” guide connecting the guidelines to suggested reference behaviors, in order provide high quality health and medical reference service.</span>
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<strong>5/23/17 [Webinar] <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MjU/index.html" target="_blank">
<span style="font-weight:normal">"Targeted Beta Testing of Non-traditional Partnerships: Supporting Student Academic Success Alaska-Style"</span><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></a></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino">To be fully integrated into the University Community, academic libraries must create partnerships and collaborative opportunities with campus organizations focused on student academic success.
Because the Millennial and Generation Z students often don’t think of the library first when starting their research, libraries should reach them wherever they are on campus.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#6D6E71;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<strong>5/23/17 [Webinar] <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MjY/index.html" target="_blank">
<span style="font-weight:normal">"Back to the Whiteboard: Large Whiteboards and Group Activities in Library Instruction"</span><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></a></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Learn how Mary Baldwin University librarians improved student engagement in library instruction by updating learning spaces with whiteboard paint. This session will cover
how to plan a similar renovation, ideas for active learning in a whiteboard painted space for single and semester long classes, and how we measured increased engagement.</span><strong><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2MjY/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
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<strong>5/29/17 [eCourse] <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2Mjc/index.html" target="_blank">
<span style="font-weight:normal">"Learning Design Essentials for Librarians"</span><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></a></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">By understanding the essentials of learning design, librarians can better prepare the ways they communicate and plan the instructional experiences for patrons. This course
will introduce participants to key learning theories and they will practice applying theoretical concepts to the design of instructional materials (e.g., handout to be used at the reference desk or classroom) and a learning environment (e.g., a classroom or
programming space).</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">Webinars:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#6D6E71"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">RUSA members: $45 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#6D6E71"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">ALA members: $50 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#6D6E71"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">ALA student & retired members: $25 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#6D6E71"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">Non-members: $65 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#6D6E71"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">Group rate: $99 single login, $38/person multiple logins. (min. 2 people)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#6D6E71"><br>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">eCourses:</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#58595B;background:#E9E9E9">RUSA members: $130 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#58595B"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#58595B;background:#E9E9E9">ALA members: $175 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#58595B"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#58595B;background:#E9E9E9">ALA student & retired members: $100 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#58595B"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#58595B;background:#E9E9E9">Non-members: $210</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Raleway;color:#25334F">About RUSA</span></strong><b><u><br>
</u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">The
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDU1MTU4JnA9MSZ1PTEwODY2NzgzNjAmbGk9NDI1NTc2Mjg/index.html"><span style="color:#6D6E71">Reference and User Services Association</span></a><span style="color:#6D6E71">
(RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, offers multiple online professional development opportunities year round that are open to the public. Whether you want to acquire new skills or sharpen your current skills, RUSA's online courses and webinars
offer convenient and flexible learning opportunities on both basic and advance topics. Basic topics may include the reference interview and readers' advisory to name a few. For advanced topics we dive into specialty areas such as business reference, genealogy
and topics related to prison libraries among others. RUSA members qualify for discounted registration rates including discounts on group registrations. RUSA represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection
development, readers' advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services and collection materials they need.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#6D6E71">Have questions about RUSA’s online learning? Jennifer Cross, Web Services Manager has the answers. <a href="mailto:jcross@ala.org">Email her today</a>.</span><span style="color:#6D6E71"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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